Should BMI be used to measure obesity in children?
Stephanie wrote in about a very common problem:
My daughter is 4 years old. She isn’t the tallest cat in town (she is about the 15th-25th percentile for height), and her BMI always ends up being in the high range (like over 85%). I worry about it. I am very health conscious for myself and my family. We live by all of the “rules.” And yet.
The family doctor doesn’t worry — …